Studying the ways viruses affect cellular pathways during infection may help in developing treatments for infectious diseases such as COVID-19.
A new study, conducted by researchers at the University of Alberta and published in the npj Viruses journal, found that certain cancer treatment drugs can promote cells to secrete antiviral interferons. These drugs target the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19, and are also effective against multiple pathogenic RNA viruses.
